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As Sally Area gushed in her second Oscar acceptance speech, "I can't deny the truth that you want me. Proper now, you like me!" Any artist is lucky to win an Academy Award of their lifetime, however a choose few have been blessed with profitable a number of occasions, a sign of continued excellence of their chosen vocation.

Artists like Daniel Day-Lewis, Katharine Hepburn, Edith Head, and Alan Menken confirmed such greatness that the Academy couldn't assist however maintain awarding them Oscars. Such people are the standard-bearers of their respective classes, setting profitable data that stay unbeatable because the Oscars method their centennial in 2028.

Forward, we're highlighting the record-holders in practically each Oscar class, from untouchable main stars to masterful artisans.

Most ever: Walt Disney

Because the creator of Mickey Mouse and the Walt Disney Firm, few folks have had as a lot affect on popular culture as Walt Disney. That's mirrored in his file 22 Oscar wins. Most of them are for Greatest Animated Brief Movie, beforehand referred to as Greatest Brief Topic (cartoon), for early work like Flowers and Timber (1932), Ferdinand the Bull (1938), and The Ugly Duckling (1939). Disney was additionally awarded 4 honorary Oscars — particular awards for the creation of Mickey Mouse, the characteristic movie milestone of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), the groundbreaking use of sound in Fantasia (1940), and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for his contributions as a artistic producer.

Most awarded movie: Three-way tie

Three movies stand above the remainder on the subject of the file for many wins: 1959's Ben-Hur, 1997's Titanic, and 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King share the title with 11 every. All three additionally received Greatest Image of their respective years.

Ben-Hur held the title of most wins for greater than 35 years earlier than Titanic joined it. The Return of the King loved probably the most profitable sweep, profitable each class it was nominated in.

Greatest Director: John Ford

Few administrators loom as massive in Hollywood historical past as John Ford, who outlined (and redefined) the Western style, making greater than 130 movies in his lifetime. He was one of many first Hollywood administrators to be considered an auteur and holds the file for many Greatest Director Oscars. Regardless of his affiliation with Westerns, none of his Oscars got here for his work within the style. As a substitute, he received for 3 movies highlighting social points — The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940),and How Inexperienced Was My Valley (1941) — and the romantic love letter to his Irish roots, The Quiet Man (1952).

Greatest Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis

With three Greatest Actor wins, Daniel Day-Lewis holds the file in his class. Jack Nicholson and Sean Penn even have three Oscars every, however their résumés embrace a supporting win alongside two lead actor trophies. Day-Lewis received his Oscars for My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007),and Lincoln (2012).

Greatest Actress: Katharine Hepburn

Whereas Meryl Streep holds the title of most nominated actress, legendary main woman Katharine Hepburn boasts the win file, having received 4 Oscars throughout her six-decade profession. Hepburn took residence gold for Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) — which she received in a tie alongside Barbra Streisand for Humorous Woman — and On Golden Pond (1981). Regardless of her hallowed place in Academy historical past, Hepburn by no means attended the Oscars to simply accept her awards.

Greatest Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan

Prolific character actor Walter Brennan rapidly set a file for many Greatest Supporting Actor victories, profitable the class's inaugural award for Come and Get It (1936), one other two years later for Kentucky (1938), and one other two years later for The Westerner (1940). At three wins, Brennan has nonetheless not been matched, although seven different actors have received the class twice, together with Mahershala Ali and Christoph Waltz.

Greatest Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters

Solely two actresses have received the Greatest Supporting Actress Oscar twice, far fewer than another performing class. Shelley Winters was the primary to perform this feat, profitable for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and once more six years later for A Patch of Blue (1965). Dianne Wiest matched Winters' file by way of her collaborations with writer-director Woody Allen, profitable for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994).

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Greatest Tailored/Authentic Screenplay: 5-way tie

Greatest Screenplay, each Authentic and Tailored, is the one high class with an intensive tie. Woody Allen is the outright file holder for Greatest Authentic Screenplay, having received 3 times for Annie Corridor (1977), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986),and Midnight in Paris (2011).

The opposite 4 record-holders, additionally with three wins apiece, share their trophies throughout the Authentic and Tailored classes. They’re: Charles Brackett (1945's The Misplaced Weekend, 1950's Sundown Boulevard, and 1953's Titanic); Paddy Chayefsky (1955's Marty, 1971's The Hospital, and 1976's Community); Francis Ford Coppola (1970's Patton, 1972's The Godfather, 1974's The Godfather Half II); and Billy Wilder (The Misplaced Weekend, Sundown Boulevard, and 1960's The Condominium).

Greatest Animated Characteristic Movie: Pete Docter

Launched in 2002, the Oscar for Greatest Animated Characteristic Movie was the Academy's latest class till the introduction of Greatest Casting in 2026. Pixar's chief artistic officer since 2018, Pete Docter, holds the file on this class with three wins for Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Soul (2020).

Greatest Artwork Route: Cedric Gibbons

Famend studio artwork director Cedric Gibbons was a extremely influential power in set design and the Artwork Deco motion on display. He additionally holds the second-most Oscar wins after Disney, 11 whole for Greatest Artwork Route, starting with 1929's The Bridge of San Luis Rey and ending with 1956's Someone Up There Likes Me. Gibbons can be credited because the designer of the distinctive gold Oscar statuette, doubly enshrining his place in Academy Awards historical past.

Greatest Costume Design: Edith Head

Edith Head holds the distinct honor of being probably the most adorned lady in Oscar historical past with eight wins (and the file for many nominated lady with 35 whole nods). Head is one in all Hollywood's most influential costume designers, defining the job within the studio period and shaping American style for many years. Her victories embrace Oscars for The Heiress (1949), All About Eve (1950), A Place within the Solar (1951), Roman Vacation (1953), Sabrina (1954), and The Sting (1973). Head's distinctive extreme black haircut and glasses turned iconic in themselves, inspiring the look of The Incrediblesdesigner Edna Mode.

Greatest Make-up: Rick Baker

A lot of contemporary Hollywood make-up derives from methods created by Rick Baker, who innovated the sector of particular results make-up. For his prosthetics and results in 1981's An American Werewolf in London, Baker received the inaugural Oscar for Greatest Make-up. He finally received seven awards within the class along with his work on titles reminiscent of Ed Wooden (1994), The Nutty Professor (1997), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000),and The Wolfman (2010). Baker retired from the enterprise in 2015, citing the proliferation of CG results changing a lot of his work.

Greatest Rating: Alfred Newman

Composer John Williams might maintain the file for the dwelling particular person with probably the most nominations (and most nominations for a composer ever) at 54. Nonetheless, legendary composer Alfred Newman holds the file for probably the most wins, with 9. Newman scored greater than 200 movies and received Oscars for initiatives like Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), Love is a Many-Splendored Factor (1955), The King and I (1956),profitable at a time when the award was nonetheless given to those that tailored a musical rating from one other supply. He was additionally the patriarch of a musical Hollywood dynasty that features composers David and Thomas Newman and Greatest Authentic Track Oscar winner Randy Newman.

Greatest Authentic Track (and Rating): Alan Menken

Disney legend Alan Menken holds the file for many Oscars for Greatest Authentic Track, having received the class 4 occasions, all for Disney animated classics — "Beneath the Sea," "Magnificence and the Beast," "A Entire New World," and "Colours of the Wind." Nonetheless, he has a complete of eight Oscars, additionally having received Greatest Authentic Rating for The Little Mermaid (1989), Magnificence and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995). He’s the one Oscar wins record-holder to put declare to the EGOT title, having additionally received Emmy, Grammy, and Tony awards.

Greatest Visible Results: Dennis Muren

Dennis Muren basically invented the trendy period of visible results, starting along with his work on 1977's Star Wars. He developed groundbreaking new applied sciences and modes of filming that led to memorable visible results in movies like the unique Star Wars trilogy, Shut Encounters of the Third Form (1977), E.T. the Additional-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), and extra. Muren has eight Oscars for Greatest Visible Results, in addition to an honorary Technical Achievement Academy Award.

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Manufacturing on season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wiveshas abruptly halted after police opened an investigation into an alleged home assault incident involving star Taylor Frankie Paul and her ex, Dakota Mortensen.

The Draper Metropolis Police Division confirmed in a press release to PEOPLE on Monday {that a} "home assault investigation" has been opened into the allegations, which "have been made in each instructions." Officers had been involved with the previous couple, who share son Ever, on Feb. 24 and 25. TMZ was first to report the information.

A supply near the matter tells Leisure Weekly that cameras weren’t rolling when the incident came about, and that Paul's youngsters weren’t current.

A spokesperson for the Draper Metropolis P.D. stated in a press release to EW that the division doesn’t "launch particulars associated to lively investigations" with out "an instantaneous impression to public security."

"They don’t seem to be filming," sources near the sequence instructed PEOPLE, including that Paul "has some fairly severe stuff occurring relating to her previous, and they’re going to see what occurs. Till that resolves, they’re off."

Season 4 of the wildly common actuality sequence dropped on Hulu final week. Paul shares a son and a daughter together with her ex, Tate Paul, who has by no means appeared on Mormon Wives. She started relationship Mortensen, an actual property agent and the proprietor of a tiling firm, years earlier than the sequence premiere in September 2024. They had been on-and-off all through the sequence, leaving issues on unsure phrases on the finish of season 4.

EW has reached out to representatives for Paul, Mortensen, and Hulu for remark.

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Paul was chosen because the star of The Bacheloretteseason 22 in September. The premiere set for Sunday is extremely anticipated, in no small half due to Paul's admission on the latest season of Mormon Wives that she spent the evening earlier than day one among filming The Bachelorette with Mortensen.

A consultant for ABC didn’t instantly reply to EW's request for remark.

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Paul has been the topic of near-constant controversy since she based MomTok, the group of Mormon influencers whose lives Mormon Wives chronicles. She was arrested for alleged home violence in 2023 after an altercation with Mortensen, finally being charged with misdemeanor assault, prison mischief, and fee of home violence within the presence of a kid, after she allegedly threw a chair at Mortensen that as an alternative hit their daughter. Paul ultimately pleaded responsible in abeyance to aggravated assault, which implies that if she complies with the phrases of the plea, the cost will likely be dismissed. All different fees had been additionally dismissed.

In a September interview, she claimed she "by no means deliberately did something with my youngsters."

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Kristin Cabot, the HR government caught in a clandestine kiss along with her boss at a Coldplay live performance final summer time, is opening up a few surprising angle to the story that also has netizens captivated.

"I used to be strolling into the live performance and my daughter messaged me and stated, 'Oh it’s so nice that you simply and Andrew are each at Coldplay,'" Cabot informed Oprah Winfrey in a clip that premiered on PEOPLE forward of tomorrow's new episode of The Oprah Podcast.

Andrew is Cabot's estranged husband, Andrew Cabot, the CEO of a rum distillery. Cabot didn't attend the July 16 Coldplay present at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., with Andrew, however Andy — that’s, Andy Byron, her married boss whom she was seen snuggling on the kiss cam.

"So she let me know that my estranged husband was additionally on the live performance," Cabot continued. "In my thoughts I believed, 'Is that this going to be bizarre if he sees me with Andy?' Like that crossed my thoughts."

However then she reasoned, "I'm in Gillette Stadium, there's 55,000 individuals right here, I'm most likely not going to run into him." Cabot has positively sat with the irony of that thought, contemplating what adopted. "That will have been higher on the finish of the day if I'd simply run into him," she surmised.

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Cabot stated that her estranged husband "is aware of how intently Andy and I labored collectively, he is aware of we socialized — like obtained lunches and obtained drinks. It was high quality." Past that, Andrew understands "the character of my work and the way in which, the relationships — I’ve shared desks with the CEOs I’ve labored with," in addition to the character of their "very shut relationship. And so it didn’t matter."

A supply near Cabot beforehand informed PEOPLE that Andrew was on his personal date on the live performance.

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The fallout from Cabot and Byron being caught on the kiss cam in an affectionate embrace, inflicting them each to quickly duck out of body, very a lot did matter.

Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin instantly known as out the second because it occurred dwell. "Oh, have a look at these two," he introduced to the packed enviornment. "Both they're having an affair or they're simply very shy." The video initially shared by a live performance attendee to TikTok shortly racked up thousands and thousands of views.

Each Cabot and Byron finally left their posts as CEO and chief individuals officer at Astronomer, a knowledge engineering firm. Cabot later claimed that Byron was in the midst of his personal separation from spouse Megan, however the couple has since been photographed collectively carrying their marriage ceremony rings.

"I made a nasty determination and had a few Excessive Noons and danced and acted inappropriately with my boss," Cabot stated when she lastly broke her silence in regards to the incident in December. Relating to the "500 to 600 calls a day," doxxing, and loss of life threats that adopted, Cabot mirrored, "I would like my children to know that you may make errors, and you’ll actually screw up. However you don't need to be threatened to be killed for them."

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• Teyana Taylor is responding to those that criticized her enthusiastic response to Amy Madigan successful the Finest Supporting Actress Oscar over her.
• "The world holds a lot distress that depressing hearts neglect the face of happiness," the One Battle After One other actress wrote on social media.
• In an interview after receiving her Academy Award, Madigan had nothing however love for Taylor.

Teyana Taylor is responding to criticism over celebrating a fellow actress' Oscar win.

After a clip of Taylor reacting to Amy Madigan's win on the Academy Awards on Sunday night time went viral, the One Battle After Anotherstar is talking out about her pleasure. Within the video, after Madigan's title is known as, Taylor instantly stands as much as applaud the actress who gained her first Oscar at age 75, 40 years after her first nomination.

"The world holds a lot distress that depressing hearts neglect the face of happiness," Taylor started.

"They develop comfy being sore losers, so after they see actual sportsmanship it unsettles them! like holy water touching a demon. As a result of clapping for another person’s victory requires one thing many individuals by no means discovered…how one can win with grace & pure pleasure, and how one can lose with grace, chin up & dignity."

Madigan, who gained for Weapons, and Taylor had been each up for the Finest Actress in a Supporting Function Oscar, alongside Elle Fanning for Sentimental Value, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Worth, and Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners.

"That is nice!" Madigan taking the stage on the Dolby Theatre, all smiles holding her golden statuette. "At first, I simply need to thank Zach Cregger, our author and director. He simply wrote a dream half and let me seize it by the throat, and we had a ball!"

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Madigan additionally gave a shout-out to her fellow nominees earlier than thanking her husband Ed Harris. "Most of all, I need to thank my lovely daughter Lily and her husband," she mentioned. "Most necessary is my beloved Ed, who's been with me without end, and that's a protracted ass time. None of this could imply something if he wasn't by my aspect. Thanks very a lot, I'm very overwhelmed."

Madigan was nominated in 1985 for Twice in a Lifetime, making her two nods, 40 years aside, the longest hole between particular person nominations for any actress in historical past.

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In an interview with Entertainment Tonightfollowing her win, Madigan had nothing however love for Taylor, gushing about their newfound friendship. "She is one of the best supporter, one of the best pal. I didn’t know her until this awards season and she or he has simply taken me into her group of all of the folks from One Battle After One other and I I actually respect it," mentioned Madigan.

"These are the issues that don't at all times occur and she or he's the best."

Months earlier, on the 2026 Golden Globes, when Taylor gained the award for Finest Efficiency by a Feminine Actor in a Supporting Function in any Movement Image, Madigan excitedly applauded Taylor.

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• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Oscar winner Sean Penn for his current go to to Ukraine.
• The actor gained the Finest Actor in a Supporting Function Academy Award for his efficiency in One Battle After One other.
• Penn was absent from the Oscars, together with the BAFTAs and the Actor Awards this 12 months.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is recognizing his "good friend" and Oscar winner Sean Penn.

The day after the 98th Academy Awards, Zelenskyy took to social media to reward Penn, who gained the Finest Actor in a Supporting Function award for his position in One Battle After Another, whereas additionally thanking the actor for his current go to to Ukraine.

Penn was noticeably absent from the awards present on the Dolby Theatre.

"Sean, due to you, we all know what a real good friend of Ukraine is," Zelenskyy started, sharing {a photograph} of him and the Useless Man Strolling star.

"You might have stood with Ukraine because the first day of the full-scale battle. That is nonetheless true at this time. And we all know that you’ll proceed to face with our nation and our folks."

Penn and Zelenskyy have been mates for years. In 2023, Penn and co-director Aaron Kaufman launched Superpower, a documentary that adopted Zelenskyy's rise to energy and finally main Ukraine amid the battle with Russia.

He spoke about his activism on the Lumiere Movie Competition in Lyon, France, in 2025.

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“I don’t know that I differentiate between getting up within the morning and going to my workshop and constructing a bit of furnishings from going to a film set and appearing or directing a film, or something I’ve performed working within the NGO area or with the documentary Superpower,” he mentioned on the time, per Variety.

"All of it feels such as you’re all the time seeking to be worth added. Generally you’re not; typically you’ll be able to catch your self inflaming a scenario. You need to weigh risk-benefit on all the pieces – to the scenario, to not oneself.”

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Final 12 months's winner, A Actual Ache star Kieran Culkin, offered the Finest Actor in a Supporting Function Oscar on Sunday. Upon studying Penn's identify, Culkin mentioned, "Sean Penn couldn't be right here this night, or didn't wish to, so I'll be accepting the award on his behalf."

Per an article printed by The New York Instances in the course of the awards present, Penn "was to go to Ukraine, in line with two individuals who spoke on the situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t approved to debate the matter."

The opposite nominees in Penn's class had been Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein, Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value, Delroy Lindo for Sinners, and costar Benicio del Toro for One Battle After Another.

Throughout this awards season, Penn additionally didn’t attend the Actors Awards and the BAFTAs. He was current on the Golden Globes in January. That night, nonetheless, he misplaced to Skarsgård. Penn beforehand gained two Finest Actor Oscars: for Mystic River in 2004 and Milk, 5 years later.

In 2022, Penn gifted his Mystic River statuette to Zelenskyy as a mortgage, per The Hollywood Reporter.

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It's been an eventful three episodes up to now for Genevieve Mushaluk on Survivor 50. First off, her jacket is so gorgeous it merely has to have Angelina Keeley dying of jealousy. She additionally discovered the primary ever Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol, gifting it to Ozzy Lusth… maybe in hopes of him getting voted out? Not solely that, however we acquired an A+++ montage of Genevieve working each single individual in the complete nation of Fiji towards her island nemesis, Aubry Bracco.

To have a good time her keep on Survivor 50, we’re gathering Genevieve's season 47 besties for a particular Survivor 50 dwell chat pre-show. Sam Phalen, Tenny Chirichillo, Sol Yi, and Survivor 47 champ Rachel LaMont might be becoming a member of us proper right here at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT to share their ideas on Genevieve's play up to now, give some scorching takes on the season up to now, and reply your entire largest Survivor questions in a Reddit-style AMA.

Set your calendars now, bookmark this web page, and are available again Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT to affix within the enjoyable. You may as well ship your questions upfront within the feedback proper right here and proper now. See you then!

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Even Hollywood's most glamorous evening has its highs and lows. And the the 2026 Oscars proved simply that because the evening of celebration delivered every little thing from unbelievable speeches to jokes that fell flat to performances we'll always remember. Uncover what you missed — or relive the evening — with our greatest and worst moments beneath. (And take a look at the total listing of Academy Award winners right here.)

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BEST/WORST: Conan O'Brien's curler coaster of a gap

This whole listing might simply be moments from Conan O'Brien's opening.
BEST: The host kicked issues off with an amazing recorded bit that featured him in Amy Madigan's Weapons make-up working by means of a handful of the nominated movies as he's chased by a bunch of kids.
BEST: The best way he didn't draw back from present subjects, whether or not he was poking enjoyable at Timothée Chalamet's current feedback about opera and ballet or joking that it was Ted Sarandos' first time in a theater or, you recognize, all of the horrible real-world issues occurring.
WORST: Not the entire jokes labored, and that Josh Groban "if I gained an Oscar" bit felt like a last-minute add-on to the complete factor.
BEST: That joke concerning the British arresting their pedophiles.

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BEST: Amy Madigan has a "nice" time

When the primary winner of the evening was introduced for Greatest Supporting Actress, we had been overjoyed — not solely as a result of Amy Madigan was incredible in Weapons, however as a result of how are you going to not love somebody profitable an Oscar and exclaiming: "That is nice!" It was like she simply discovered what she was in search of on the grocery retailer.

Referencing what the press has been asking her not too long ago — she's been performing for 40 years and why is that this yr completely different?! — she stated, "What's completely different is I received this little gold man."

And henceforth, the Oscars statue ought to solely be known as little gold man.

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BEST: A sinfully good efficiency

Through the years, performances have been hit and miss on the Oscars. However when Miles Caton received on stage to carry out Greatest Authentic Tune nominee "I Lied to You" from Sinners, it was evident that we had been about to witness one thing particular. And if the track weren't highly effective sufficient by itself — with Caton's unbelievable vocals to assist — different actors from the film helped recreate one of the vital memorable scenes of the movie, transporting viewers again into the world of Sinners if just for one magical second. BRB, going to observe that film once more.

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BEST: The satan wears a bob

Not each second is an enormous one. Typically, it's three phrases that make you squeal in pleasure. And depart it to Anna Wintour to ship one withering line that we'll be fascinated about for days to come back. As she and The Devil Wears Prada 2 star Anne Hathaway took to the stage to current a few awards, Wintour channeled, effectively, herself, and when Hathaway requested if she wished to learn the listing of nominees, she responded, "Thanks, Emily," purposefully mistaking Hathaway for her Prada costar Emily Blunt. It was good.

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WORST: Matt Berry's expertise is wasted

What We Do within the Shadows star Matt Berry is an absolute comedic treasure, and also you're telling me his profession has now come to this?! Not solely is he serving because the announcer at this yr's Oscars, however he's doing it remotely from London? I’ve so many questions, however this largest one is: HOW DARE THEY?! Berry is just too good for this.

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WORST: A tie

Let me begin by saying that Kumail Nanjiani dealt with this case superbly. However that doesn't imply it ought to've occurred within the first place. When Nanjiani stepped out to current the award for Greatest Stay-Motion Brief, he opened up the envelope to announce, "It's a tie." After assuring everybody that he wasn't joking and telling the gang to "stay calm," he defined that he would announce one winner, allow them to settle for their award, after which announce the second. Once more, he dealt with it effectively! He even made an amazing joke about the way it's "ironic that the Brief Movie Oscar is gonna take twice as lengthy."

However my drawback is with the concept of a tie. It's occurred earlier than, nevertheless it's uncommon, and isn't the entire level of this factor to choose a winner?! I'm very blissful for the individuals behind The Singers and Two Individuals Exchanging Saliva, but when two out of 5 nominees gained, is that actually profitable?

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BEST: Kieran Culkin doesn't care

If there's one factor you’ll be able to at all times count on from Kieran Culkin, it's an trustworthy (and normally surprising) remark. And though his time on the Oscars stage was brief, he nonetheless managed to slide one in. Culkin was in attendance to current the award that he gained final yr for Greatest Supporting Actor, which went to One Battle After One other star Sean Penn. When Penn wasn't in attendance, Culkin stepped ahead to ship the everyday line… with a twist.

"Sean Penn couldn't be right here this night," Culkin began, earlier than including, "or didn't wish to, so I'll be accepting the award on his behalf."

He's in all probability not incorrect.

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BEST: A correct In Memoriam

I concern they lastly cracked it. They found out do an In Memoriam! There's no random performer wanted. All we want is the easy act of listening to about these we misplaced from those that knew and beloved them.

This yr, Billy Crystal kicked issues off with a fantastic tribute to his pals Rob and Michele Reiner, which was solely made extra highly effective by quite a few Reiner's former co-workers from varied movies strolling out on stage collectively. That then began the In Memoriam, and because the video performed, it paused twice: As soon as for Rachel McAdams to speak about a few of the actresses we misplaced, together with Catherine O'Hara and her The Household Stone costar Diane Keaton. It then concluded with Barbra Streisand remembering her The Means We had been costar Robert Redford.

We received anecdotes concerning the track that Keaton at all times sang on set, and the way Redford referred to as Streisand "Babs." It was easy and heartfelt. And I'm undecided when my tear ducts will get better.

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BEST: Grogu on the Oscars

Do I must say extra?! Grogu was on the Oscars! Okay, really, there’s extra to say as a result of, consider it or not, this second was even higher than it might sound. As Sigourney Weaver and Pedro Pascal walked on stage to current, the digital camera minimize to Pascal's lovely The Mandalorian costar sitting subsequent to Kate Hudson, which gave Weaver the chance to reprise her iconic Alien line (with a slight change): "Get away from him, you bitch," Weaver yelled at Hudson.

(And sure, the opposite bit about Grogu clapping additionally labored as a result of he's Grogu and he's SO FREAKIN' CUTE!)

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BEST: Bridesmaids reunion

Effectively, now I need a Bridesmaidssequel. (Simply kidding, I've at all times wished a Bridesmaids sequel!) However watching Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper reunite on the Oscars stage jogged my memory that it's much less of a need and extra of a want.

After they had been every handed a "observe" from the viewers, they learn out messages about their seems to be from Stellan Skarsgård, concerning the awkward eye contact from Leonardo DiCaprio, as soon as once more about their seems to be from Skarsgård, and so forth. It was an easy joke, and identical to the film they made 15 years in the past, it labored!

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BEST: Autumn Durald Arkapaw makes historical past

Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the primary lady to win an Oscar for Greatest Cinematography, a second that may've been nice it doesn’t matter what. However whenever you add in her Sinners director Ryan Coogler's pleasure, plus the second he ran down the aisles holding her son, plus the second the place she requested all the ladies within the room to face up as a result of "I don't get right here with out you guys"? Yeah, it was unbelievable.

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WORST: Let the individuals speak!

I've by no means been a fan of taking part in individuals off, particularly when it's evident that they actually solely do it to the much less well-known people. And this yr had just a few really brutal moments, together with a second so awkward that O'Brien referred to as it out after they tried to play off the (second) winners of Greatest Stay-Motion Brief. However that wasn't the primary offense and it wouldn't be the final: Simply ask the KPop Demon Hunters crew, who had been performed off as they tried to simply accept the award for Greatest Authentic Tune. Simply allow them to have an additional 15 seconds! Who cares?

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BEST: Michael B. Jordan earns gold

You could possibly really feel the thrill by means of the display when Sinners star Michael B. Jordan's title was referred to as for Greatest Actor. The complete room lit up.! You could possibly see Teyana Taylor nodding her head enthusiastically. You could possibly see the enjoyment on Jordan's former costar Jesse Plemons' face. After they get it proper, they get it proper, and the room knew this one was proper. As was Jordan's unbelievable speech, thanking the Black winners who got here earlier than him, thanking his mom, thanking Coogler, and extra.

Maybe the best second was Jordan standing on stage for just a few additional seconds after his speech, taking within the standing ovation. (And for Friday Night time Lights followers, it was the second he pointed at Plemons.)

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Conan O'Brien could by no means host the Oscars once more.

The host of the 98th Academy Awards appeared in a cheeky One Battle After Another-inspired sketch simply after Paul Thomas Anderson's movie received Finest Image, displaying the late-night host assembly an identical finish as Sean Penn's character, Col. Steven J. Lockjaw, within the movie.

The sketch (which you’ll watch beneath) begins with O'Brien being congratulated on his internet hosting abilities by legendary Saturday Night time Stay writerJim Downey, who performs one in every of One Battle After One other's white supremacist Christmas Adventurers Membership members, for placing on a "nice present" — so good in truth that he can be the Oscars host "for all times."

"I don't know what to say!" O'Brien replies with a shocked smile, earlier than being led to his new workplace on the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences. Earlier than O'Brien can get too cozy with the lifetime honor, although, lethal gasoline begins to leak from the ceiling.

Penn, who received Finest Supporting Actor for his function within the motion thriller, was unable to expertise the Oscar second firsthand as he didn’t attend the ceremony.

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"Sean Penn couldn't be right here this night, or didn't need to, so I'll be accepting the award on his behalf," final yr's Finest Supporting Actor winner, Kieran Culkin, stated upon taking the statuette for his peer.

Per a New York Times piece printed in the course of the Oscars ceremony, the 65-year-old opted out of Hollywood's greatest evening "to go to Ukraine, in keeping with two individuals who spoke on the situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t approved to debate the matter." A consultant for Penn declined to remark when reached by Leisure Weekly.

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Forward of O'Brien's post-show "demise," the comedian entertained the star-studded viewers with a wide range of jabs and jokes, together with jabs at President Trump and a well timed knock on Timothee Chalamet's viral feedback about ballet and the opera.

"Safety is extraordinarily tight tonight. Simply gotta point out that," O'Brien stated at first of the present, seemling referring to experiences that security measures have been elevated because of the FBI warning of a possible "shock assault" from Iran. Nonetheless, O'Brien clarified that the true concern was "about assaults from each the opera and ballet communities."

Chalamet and accomplice Kylie Jenner have been noticed laughing at O'Brien, who received yet another quip in by telling Chalamet, "They're simply mad you unnoticed jazz!"

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Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor introduced many years of affection to the 2026 Academy Awards with an onstage reunion a couple of months forward of the twenty fifth anniversary of their iconic hit film musical Moulin Rouge!

Regardless of extra thab 20 years passing for the reason that pair costarred in Baz Luhrmann's over-the-top extravaganza, McGregor and Kidman proved that they've nonetheless acquired chemistry in spades as they reunited to current Sunday evening's Finest Image award. When the actress quipped about how she actually loved all of the movies nominated for the evening's remaining award, McGregor inquired if she'd say she "liked" them. The query set off a back-and-forth of songs with love within the title, together with, "Love Is Like Oxygen" by Candy, "Love Is A Many Splendored Factor" by Andy Williams, and "Love Lifts Us Up The place We Belong" by Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker.

"However I’ve to say, Nicole, though it's been 25 years, each time I hear the phrase 'love' I nonetheless think about somebody goes to decrease a chandelier and cue the orchestra," McGregor quipped, to which Kidman responded, "Ooh, don't tempt me."

And as McGregor segued into the introduction of the class's nominations, he and Kidman actually introduced it dwelling by singing the refrain of "All You Want Is Love" by the Beatles.

Upon its launch in Could 2001, Moulin Rouge! turned a pop cultural phenomenon, incomes eight Academy Award nominations, together with one for Finest Image, and boasting an unforgettable soundtrack that includes the No. 1 hit "Girl Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink, and Lil Kim.

The movie was virtually an immediate traditional for its jukebox musical type that mixes quite a lot of genres together with vaudeville, cabaret, stage musicals, and opera, and borrows music from famed musicians like Elton John ("Your Music"), Queen ("The Present Should Go On"), The Police ("Roxanne"), Madonna ("Materials Woman"), and Nirvana ("Smells Like Teen Spirit"). With every of these numbers comes a number of explosive, seductive, and electrical choreography.

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And naturally, Moulin Rouge! wouldn't be the showstopper its recognized to be with out its leads.

Kidman made audiences weep as Satine, the gorgeous courtesan who’s the star of the eponymous membership in turn-of-the-century Paris. McGregor, then again, had viewers within the palm of his hand as Christian, the penniless author who falls in love with Satine regardless of her dedication to a really vile duke, who has invested within the Moulin Rouge and promised to make Satine’s desires of stage stardom come true.

The movie's choreographer, John O'Connell, told Entertainment Weekly back in 2021 that Kidman's "unimaginable presence" helped elevate the movie to the memorable standing it holds immediately.

"She's loopy — in a great way — and you may see it in her profession," he mentioned. "She doesn't play protected. She jumps in and takes the danger. That trapeze [in one scene] is extremely excessive and he or she simply went up twice and mentioned, 'Yep, I'm good.'"

See the total listing of the 2026 Academy Awards winners right here.

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• The 2026 Oscar winners shall be introduced, as Timothée Chalamet and Michael B. Jordan face off for Greatest Actor.
• Dolly Parton, Tom Cruise, Debbie Allen, and Wynn Thomas beforehand accepted honorary prizes on the Governors Awards.
• Conan O'Brien returns to host this 12 months's Academy Awards ceremony, broadcasting Sunday evening on ABC.

Months of competition jockeying, ever-changing prognosticator predictions, and front-running contenders shading artwork varieties like opera and ballet alongside the awards path have led to Hollywood's greatest evening, because the 2026 Oscars winners shall be introduced at Sunday's stay ceremony.

Main stars will converge inside Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, the place returning host Conan O'Brien is ready to preside over the night's festivities.

Excessive-profile matchups embrace the two-movie Greatest Image race between Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After One other, aBest Supporting Actress showdown between first-time nominees (Teyana Taylor in One Battle After One other, Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners) and veteran actress Amy Madigan (Weapons), in addition to the long-awaited conclusion to the tense Greatest Actor conflict that's seen prior frontrunner Timothée Chalamet's (Marty Supreme) early lead crumble amid the rise of dual-role Sinners standout Michael B. Jordan.

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In current weeks, Chalamet — as soon as considered a shoo-in to take Greatest Actor — has suffered vital setbacks in his marketing campaign, after many took situation with perceived smugness in his bid for awards glory. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly on condition of anonymity, one voting Academy member even instructed us that they "misplaced a whole lot of respect" for the 30-year-old over his marketing campaign feedback.

Conversely, Sinners has ticked up within the race. Along with shattering the file for essentially the most Oscar nominations for a single movie, Jordan gained Greatest Actor at SAG's Actor Awards earlier this month. With the movie additionally taking the awards physique's ensemble prize, all eyes are on the undertaking to repeat on the Oscars, as SAG (the most important union in Hollywood) shares vital voting membership with the Academy.

As beforehand introduced, the Academy bestowed particular awards upon a number of Hollywood professionals late final 12 months, forward of the 2026 ceremony. Trade staple Dolly Parton obtained her Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by way of video message on the Governors Awards occasion in November. The 80-year-old earned the accolade for a profession devoted to philanthropic efforts — together with the Dollywood Basis and Dolly Parton's Creativeness Library, which has donated round 285 million books to children.

Celebrity actor Tom Cruise, actress and choreographer Debbie Allen, and manufacturing designer Wynn Thomas additionally obtained Academy Honorary Awards on the aforementioned occasion.

See the complete checklist of winners on the 98th Academy Awards beneath, updating stay all through Sunday's ceremony on ABC and Hulu,

Greatest Image

Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After One other
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Worth
Sinners
Practice Goals

Greatest Director

Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After One other
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Worth
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Greatest Actor

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After One other
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Greatest Actress

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Kate Hudson, Music Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Worth
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Greatest Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After One other
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After One other
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Worth

Greatest Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning, Sentimental Worth
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Worth
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After One other

Greatest Worldwide Characteristic

The Secret Agent (Brazil)
It Was Simply an Accident (France)
Sentimental Worth (Norway)
Sirât (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Greatest Animated Characteristic

Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Greatest Documentary Characteristic

The Alabama Resolution
Come See Me within the Good Mild
Slicing Via Rocks
Mr No person Towards Putin
The Excellent Neighbor

Greatest Unique Screenplay

Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi (script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian), It Was Simply an Accident
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, Sentimental Worth
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Greatest Tailored Screenplay

Will Tracy, Bugonia
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After One other
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Practice Goals

Greatest Casting

Nina Gold, Hamnet
Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme
Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After One other
Gabriel Domingues, The Secret Agent
Francine Maisler, Sinners

Greatest Movie Modifying

Stephen Mirrione, F1
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After One other
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Sentimental Worth
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

Greatest Cinematography

Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Michael Bauman, One Battle After One other
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
Adolpho Veloso, Practice Goals

Greatest Manufacturing Design

Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, Frankenstein
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, Hamnet
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Marty Supreme
Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, One Battle After One other
Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne, Sinners

Greatest Costume Design

Deborah L. Scott, Avatar: Hearth and Ash
Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska, Hamnet
Miyako Bellizzi, Marty Supreme
Ruth E. Carter, Sinners

Greatest Make-up and Hairstyling

Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Frankenstein
Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, Tadashi Nishimatsu, Kokuho
Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry, Sinners
Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein, The Smashing Machine
Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg, The Ugly Stepsister

Greatest Unique Music

"Pricey Me," Diane Warren: Relentless (music and lyrics by Diane Warren)
"Golden," KPop Demon Hunters (music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, Teddy Park)
"I Lied to You," Sinners (music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson)
"Candy Goals of Pleasure," Viva Verdi! (music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike)
"Practice Goals," Practice Goals (music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; lyrics by Nick Cave)

Greatest Unique Rating

Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Max Richter, Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After One other
Ludwig Goransson, Sinners

Greatest Sound

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta, F1
Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Frankenstein
José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor, One Battle After One other
Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Sinners
Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas, Sirât

Greatest Visible Results

Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett, Avatar: Hearth and Ash
Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson, F1
David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan, Neil Corbould, Jurassic World: Rebirth
Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon Okay. McLaughlin, The Misplaced Bus
Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean, Sinners

Greatest Stay-Motion Brief

Butcher's Stain
A Buddy of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Interval Drama
The Singers
Two Folks Exchanging Saliva

Greatest Animated Brief

Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Lady Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Greatest Documentary Brief

All of the Empty Rooms
Armed Solely with a Digicam: The Life and Dying of Brent Renaud
Kids No Extra: "Had been and Are Gone"
The Satan Is Busy
Completely a Strangeness

Academy Honorary Awards

Tom Cruise
Debbie Allen
Wynn Thomas

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Dolly Parton

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